There's now MATHEMATICAL PROOF that bacon makes pretty much everything better. An analysis of the 50,000 recipes on the Food Network website found that when a recipe included bacon, they almost ALWAYS got higher ratings. The only exceptions were pasta and dessert.

A new survey just came up with the top things that make parents UNCOOL. The top five are: Not knowing the most popular current songs, not being able to work an iPhone, not knowing the WORDS to current songs, their fashion sense, and owning a sensible car.

Here are a few of the strangest requests hotel managers have heard this year. Does your pet policy include llamas? Can you do my son's math homework? Can you stop the snow so I can get to the hotel? And can you transfer my room outside so my wife and I can have a night under the stars?